http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Hmmmmm....Garmin advice needed en Sat, 16 May 2026 22:18:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-174783 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 18:34:11 +0000 chdot 174783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/review/137336-garmin-edge-1000-performance-bundle" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/review/137336-garmin-edge-1000-performance-bundle</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173953 Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:08:45 +0000 Cyclingmollie 173953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You gotta love free enterprise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173951 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 23:58:49 +0000 Instography 173951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sealed in the box. That's some impressive shoplifting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173950 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 23:52:32 +0000 Cyclingmollie 173950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Garmin Edge 200 on GumTree, Grassmarket, new in box £55.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycle-accessories/brand-new-sealed-in-box-garmin-edge-200-gps-cycling-computer-1-2-price-/1090827721">Garmin 200</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173943 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:10:08 +0000 Instography 173943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's the perfect point in the year to go into a shop and offer them hard cash for a sale. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173917 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:34:37 +0000 acsimpson 173917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Evans would price match CRC too and currently offering £20 voucher if you spend over £100. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173834 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:15:27 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 173834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If buying the 200, check Halfords before buying from CRC. 10% off cycling if buying before Mon which brings it down to £65.69. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173822 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:49:56 +0000 Instography 173822@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For basic ride stats - distance, speed etc - I suspect the 200 is good enough. If you want to follow routes, it's probably rubbish (I say that because the 500 I have is rubbish). For routes I still use the eTrex Legend that I got years ago. Follows routes although it's an old serial connection so practically useless these days. Blah blah. </p> <p>Actually, if you don't have a smart phone you're probably better getting a smart phone because they do millions of other things that a GPS unit will never do. And you'll probably get one for nothing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173800 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 23:07:43 +0000 Snowy 173800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got a 500. Not considering anything else. Really good bit of kit for measuring all your ride stats. The battery life is really good and will last a week or two of commuting.</p> <p>It's not really designed to display routes/courses for you (small mono screen) to follow but it DOES do it. All you'll get is basically a line on the screen and you'll see if you've deviated from it. You won't see maps or anything like that.</p> <p>Getting a heart rate strap adds a big dimension to personal training. </p> <p>Getting the speed/cadence sensor is also very interesting and a side effect is that it makes your route stats much more accurate. Basically because GPS jumps about with a margin of error, any GPS device tracker uses an algorithm to smooth out your stats for distance, speed, etc. However the speed/cadence sensor tells the computer *exactly* how far/fast you are travelling and it uses this info as a priority over GPS info. Might not sound like much difference but it can remove those 'was I really doing 60mph for 5 seconds?' problems that a pure GPS trace can come up with. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173797 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:07:13 +0000 Kenny 173797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bizarrely, this comparison of their models suggests the 200 does Courses, but the 500 does not. Odd.</p> <p><a href="http://s.wiggle.co.uk/images/garmin-edge-compare.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://s.wiggle.co.uk/images/garmin-edge-compare.pdf</a></p> <p>Damn you, Dave, for reminding me about the existence of the 1000 which I do not own. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173796 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:00:55 +0000 Dave 173796@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would get the 500 over the 200 at those prices just because you can have multiple screens and customise what is on them - time of day, a page of lap or overall ride stats, a page for what's happening right now. It also has a barometric altimeter so produces much more accurate traces.</p> <p>If you want a map, there's the Edge Touring. It's pretty decent although I reckon the smart money there would be to try and find a heavily discounted Edge 800 from the older generation.</p> <p>I have too many of these and compared them <a href="http://mccraw.co.uk/garmin-edge-gps-comparison/">here</a>. Alas, I have been told that I'm not allowed the Edge 1000 so my complete comparison is now incomplete.</p> <p>Personally I think these will converge with smartphones, although it's still not really happening that way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173795 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 21:55:05 +0000 Kenny 173795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>is the 500 worth the extra £ ?</em></p> <p>It is. Cadence, HR, Power, Courses. Those alone are worth the extra cash. I'm sure there are other benefits on top which might be suitable to you too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173782 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 20:53:32 +0000 SRD 173782@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah. It was you saying something like that on FB that gave me the idea of checking out deals. That and the email from chain reaction that arrived this afternoon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173781 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 20:35:37 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 173781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Before you buy anything, it's Black Friday tomorrow and amazon have had some Garmin deals all week (Cyber Monday on Monday as well). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173778 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:45:14 +0000 SRD 173778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks stiltskin - very good to hear form someone who has one. Chain reaction price is £132 once you use their discount code, so will probably go with them unless anything better appears tomorrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173777 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:44:39 +0000 Darkerside 173777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thinking about it I've got an edge 705 you could have for a jar of marmalade (or equivalent value in baked goods)</p> <p>Its a right sod to charge as the pins have corroded slightly, but if you're not going to use it that often then a few minutes faff to find the charger sweet spot probably isn't a big deal... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173776 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:32:56 +0000 stiltskin 173776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Touring is pretty good value for to navigate with. It has a few glitches, but on the whole works pretty well. I have an Edge 800 that I am happy with, but if you do't want HR stuff, I don't think you will regret getting a Touring. Wiggle now has them for £148 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173758 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:48:32 +0000 panyagua 173758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>£116 is a good price for a 500. They are rarely discounted by much as they seem very popular: in fact many of the 28 Edge models are probably different colour versions of the Edge 500, further divided into with/without the HRM and speed/cadence sensor bundle.</p> <p>Key additions on 500 over and above the 200 are:<br /> - ANT+ compatible (for those HRM and other sensors)<br /> - Has barometric altimeter and temperature sensor<br /> - allows screens to be customised so they display what you want.</p> <p>If you just want to time/record your rides and download them, the 200 is probably fine. The extra features of the 500 are mainly of benefit to keen roadies wanting to display/record training statistics. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173757 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:45:44 +0000 SRD 173757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nope. no smart phone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173754 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:42:15 +0000 DaveC 173754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do either of you have a smart phone? most have a GPS chip and can record using strava, and save as a GPX to upload to a non Strava site. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173752 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:32:23 +0000 SRD 173752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i think we'll get a bike specific one, because we do want to use it on the bikes. although hopefully it will not be totally useless elsewhere.</p> <p>this review quite handy for explaining the diff in the Edges - not 28 though:<br /> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/reviews/10460493/Garmin-Touring-Plus-GPS-bike-computer-review.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/reviews/10460493/Garmin-Touring-Plus-GPS-bike-computer-review.html</a></p> <p>think we're now heading towards the 'Edge touring' but not the 'plus' unless anyone can make a good case for that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173746 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:22:14 +0000 Arellcat 173746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use my Garmin GPSmap 60CSx mainly for route downloads (i.e. 'where I went') but I also use it for uploads when I need to have a carefully pre-programmed route (e.g. visits to London) and for on-the-fly routing (e.g. 'tell me how to get to $random_destination'). Mine is outdoorsy rather than bikey, and a bit old hat these days with its very clunky text-input interface, but I've certainly had my money's worth from it. I have a RAM mount for it on my motorbike, too.</p> <p>Might be worth checking which unit does what you most need: Edge, eTrex, Dakota or Oregon. I have to admit I'm completely baffled by the range of seemingly 28 different Edge models that <a href="http://www.handtec.co.uk/satnav-gps/cycling-gps.html?limit=30&amp;manufacturer=67">Handtec</a> lists. <em>Twenty-eight?</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173741 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 15:52:46 +0000 SRD 173741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We mainly want it for timing/route downloads.</p> <p>definitely can't justify the really pricy ones, but thinking the 'Edge Touring plus' might actually be our best bet. we don't have a smartphone, and have been wanting a GPS for ages. </p> <p><a href="http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/garmin-edge-touring-plus-gps-computer/rp-prod114515" rel="nofollow">http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/garmin-edge-touring-plus-gps-computer/rp-prod114515</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14019#post-173737 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 15:43:20 +0000 SRD 173737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So, Chain reaction has Garmin 200 on clearance - £80.00</p> <p>or Garmin edge 500 at £116 -£15 using BF voucher</p> <p>is the 500 worth the extra £ ? </p>